Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	21.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 17:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	49% Average	Memory 66.6 1-Core 54.3 2-Core 103 46% 74.5 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 266 27% 218 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 37.1 37% 41.2 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34.4 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4879 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1455 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655434 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5554	65.2% Good	Read 493 Write 382 Mixed 464 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 11.6 67% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 10.9 22% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161216550 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 504722130 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4394 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19057545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 521404443 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 25769803803 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 161216550 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 94.6 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.65 135% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%
WD Elements 1078 750GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 430GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 82.4 Write 77.9 Mixed 68.5 97% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 63%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	107x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

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Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16